

Pompeii: The New Dig
Overview
Following the biggest archaeological excavation in Pompeii for a generation. Exciting discoveries and fresco-inspired animations tell the story of life in Pompeii AD 79.
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Elena Mortelliti
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Following the biggest archaeological excavation in Pompeii for a generation. Exciting discoveries and fresco-inspired animations tell the story of life in Pompeii AD 79.
Elena Mortelliti

April 15, 2024 • 59m
At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists begin the biggest dig in a generation, where they find a bakery, a wealthy house and a fresco of a so-called ‘pizza’, and make a grisly discovery.

April 22, 2024 • 59m
At Pompeii, a new excavation continues to unearth rich discoveries, while a pioneering new investigation finds evidence that some Pompeiians survived the eruption of AD 79.

April 29, 2024 • 58m
In Pompeii, the excavation of a wealthy villa, bakery and laundry reaches its climax with chilling revelations about what people were doing in the final terrifying hours in AD 79.
January 20, 2025 • 59m
At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists complete the biggest dig in a generation, where they strike gold and luxury in one of Pompeii’s richest homes.